"Excuse me, Your Majesty, how is the amount of the money for raising integrity to be determined? In addition, the amount of money for raising money to support integrity is drawn from Taicang, or from the bank treasury of various ministries..."

It wasn't until the little fat man confirmed the 'salary increase' without any objection that a group of excited civil and military officials remembered the most important specific matter of disbursement of the Integrity Bank.

There is no way, since the last adjustment and enactment of official salaries in the 25th year of Hongwu, this salary has not changed for two hundred years. The salary that has not changed for two hundred years has finally increased. Can you not be excited?

"Haha, dear friends, do you know why I gave this Yanglian Silver the word 'Yanglian'?"

Ignoring the specific issue of the issuance of Yanglian Silver, which all civil and military officials were most concerned about, the little fat man changed the subject, and the word "Kao Xiao" came up with the meaning of the word "Yanglian".

"Your Majesty, the general thinks that since it is raising honest money, it naturally means that you can no longer be corrupt after taking this money, hehe!"

Faced with such a simple question from the little fat man, this time a group of military generals jumped out to answer the question before the civil servants even opened their mouths.

"That's right, since it is to raise honest money, it is naturally used to train you to be honest and loyal to the public. After taking this money, you can no longer embezzle and exploit the people..."

Looking at the civil and military personnel in the hall, Xiao Pang couldn't help but look solemn.

"Please keep this in mind!"

Facing the little fat man's instructions, all the civil and military officials quickly bowed and said yes.

"As for the distribution of the Lian Lian Yin, I have already made it into a book. Dear friends, please take a look first!"

Finally, when all the civil and military officials bowed to respond, the little fat man waved his hand, and a group of young eunuchs lined up and walked toward everyone in the hall holding a portion of zhazi.

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'Hey, it's hard to get this kind of honest silver!'

Looking at the tie in their hands, all the officials, especially the civil servants, looked happy at first, but then they all frowned and smiled bitterly.

It turns out that this booklet is not so much the distribution details of Yanglianyin as it is an "exchange booklet" of benefits.

Although in this book, the ninth-grade official, the lowest, has a yearly salary of 500 taels of Lianlian silver. The first-grade official even reaches 15,000 taels, but the contents behind this payment standard are all

It's about the 'conditions of exchange' for raising honest silver.

For example, the local ‘routine’ has directly changed from the original default ‘local subsidy’ to become part of the national fiscal revenue.

You must know that this 'routine' is not a small number. Take the example of Chun'an County in the "Regulations on Prosperous Revolution" reported by various imperial courts in Hai Rui. Chun'an County, which is not rich, only has one county magistrate every year.

The 'regular' silver collection amounted to more than 2,500 taels.

If we include the regular money of the county magistrate, the chief clerk and other officials, this amount will at least more than double.

But now with the emergence of Yanglianyin, although this 'routine' has not been cancelled, it has been halved and confiscated from the original basis, and local officials can no longer legally withdraw it.

Moreover, with the local "regular" silver confiscation being halved, the "hajj" of local officials to officials in the capital has naturally become no longer legal.

In addition, in addition to this 'routine' change at the local level, in the imperial court, all the 'small treasuries' that each ministry had in the past were also abolished this time and were all transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Without the 'small treasury' of each ministry,

The number of corrupt officials will naturally decrease, right?

And not only that, starting from the 27th year of Wanli, all taxes collected across the country will be turned over to the national treasury, which will then be allocated from the national treasury to local vassals as needed.

Speaking of which, in the past, after Ming Dynasty taxes were collected, local officials would first collect part of the expenses for the coming year, and finally the remaining surplus would be turned over to the court.

In other words, the annual tax and silver income of the Ming Dynasty treasury is theoretically the 'net profit' of the entire country's fiscal revenue. This is why in the original history, the Ming Dynasty treasury's annual income was only a few million taels of silver.

reason.

However, in this way, although some of the court's "troublesome matters" were eliminated and some efficiency was improved, it also created a financial situation of "weak trunks and strong branches" to a certain extent.

And the most important thing is that under this system, local officials at all levels have pocketed and embezzled money, and no one knows how much money has been lost.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of raising Lian Yin, the little fat man seemed to have paid a lot, but in fact, he had already made a profit just by returning the money to the public at half the rate, not to mention the change in the tax payment.

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Otherwise, with his "greedy" temperament, how could he possibly agree to Wang Bing's proposal to increase the wages of Ming officials?

"Uh, Your Majesty, this... is it unnecessary to cancel the treasury of each ministry and transfer all tax money to the national treasury? Moreover, the establishment of treasury of each ministry and the transfer of tax money are Taizu..."

Although they know that this is the exchange condition for "raising honest silver", who is willing to spit out the meat when it comes to their mouth?

So it didn't take long before someone stood up and tried to struggle again in the name of 'ancestral system'.

"Huh, short-sighted, pedantic and stubborn! The elimination of ministries' treasury and the transfer of all tax money to the national treasury is a good way to eliminate corruption and waste. Why do we have to look for evidence in the ancestral system? Besides, can there be 'integrity-raising silver' in the ancestral system?

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Just when the fat man on the throne looked cold and was about to speak, Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up first, pointed at the officials who were trying to struggle, and started to curse.

There is no way, whether it is the local 'normal' return to the public, the abolition of the ministries' treasury, or the transfer of tax money to the national treasury, although it is not a good thing for officials in other ministries, it is a good thing for the Ministry of Household Affairs.

A gourmet feast.

It can be said that in this "Yanglianyin" incident, apart from the big winner, the little fat man, the biggest beneficiary was the Ministry of Accounts.

Therefore, others can object and struggle, but Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Hubu, and the entire Hubu officials have no reason to oppose at all.

After all, after this, Hubu Na firmly grasped the financial power of the Ming Dynasty and became the empire's veritable 'money bag' instead of the previous 'title'.

"Master Zhang is right. Having money that you can get with peace of mind like Yang Lian Yin is not as comfortable as trying to find a 'method' to make it yourself? Haha..."

While all the civil servants were still struggling, the Xunqi military general group, headed by the undefeated military god and other five-army governors, also stood up and took the lead in expressing their approval and support for the little fat man's system of raising honest money.

"Your Majesty, this method is indeed a good strategy! With this good strategy, our Ming Dynasty's official administration will definitely be new from now on..."

Seeing that the military generals had expressed their stance, all the cabinet ministers, including Shen Shixing, could no longer stand and quickly stood up to express their stance.

There is no way, as the undefeated military god and other generals said, although the money for raising integrity is much less than the money that was 'earned' in the past, at least it can be taken with peace of mind, right?

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Soon, amidst the chorus of heroic voices, this financial rectification under the banner of supporting Lian Yin was undisputedly decided at the last court meeting in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli. It will only wait for the government and gentry to pay the grain together in the coming year.

Do all the errands at the same time.

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